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Roy Williams on new Bearcats head coach Wes Miller: 'Just consider this the highest recommendation you can get.'

On Tuesday morning, University of Cincinnati athletic director John Cunningham called newly retired North Carolina head coach Roy Williams to discuss the Bearcats coaching search.

At the time, Cincinnati was showing interest in UNC Greensboro coach Wes Miller, who the Bearcats hired on Wednesday. Miller played at North Carolina for Williams, a Hall of Fame head coach, and Miller has called Williams his mentor.

Williams told Cunningham, “Be prepared because Wes was going to blow (you) away.”

The Enquirer spoke with Williams on the phone on Friday morning about UC’s new head men’s basketball coach.

How did Wes Miller go from a walk-on at UNC to a starter?